moraine

Example Sentences

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Apart from a moraine collapsing, an avalanche or an unusual amount of rainfall can destabilize a lake.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

A pool at the east edge of the moraine at the glacier’s bottom-fed Thielsen Creek and formed a miniature ecosystem.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 29, 2021

The cemetery rests, as well, on heights formed by the Ice Age terminal moraine, while the bedrock schist she imprinted dates even deeper in geological time.

From New York Times • Nov. 24, 2021

The end moraine that represents the farthest advance of the glacier is a terminal moraine.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

We set up our Base Camp at 17,800 feet on the lateral moraine that formed the outer edge of the turn.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer